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Join the Cherokee Funding Team

Cherokee Funding is the leading and fastest growing legal funding company in the Southeast. We provide monetary advances for plaintiff’s life needs and medical procedures.

Our founders used their decades of finance experience to develop a fast and efficient funding process that is the best in the industry. Our staff is trained to gather all necessary information from attorneys and case managers and guide plaintiffs through our few simple steps to funding with grace and respect.

Cherokee Funding markets business-to-business via online, trade shows and thru in-person sales calls. Our business is driven by referrals, which are driven by reputation and relationships. Our reputation in the industry is second to none. We seek to build and grow relationships with attorneys and healthcare providers to encourage them to refer their clients to us. Attorneys appreciate our in-depth understanding of case values and plaintiffs appreciate our reasonable pricing. Healthcare providers appreciate our ability to let them treat more clients and to get paid quickly as well as our reasonable pricing.

Cherokee is an incredibly fast growing company and want to bring on new members to join our team. The Cherokee work culture is all of the following: centered on our core values, provides upward career opportunities, is very team oriented, fun and dynamic. We mean it seriously when we say that we want all of our new team members to be additive to our culture.

Career Opportunities

Account Executive

The Role

The Account Executive will be responsible for prospecting, establishing, and growing successful relationships with legal professionals and healthcare providers to drive revenues for Cherokee’s legal and medical funding services.

As Account Executive, you will be responsible for selling Cherokee’s legal and medical funding services by encouraging legal and healthcare professionals to refer their clients to Cherokee. You will grow revenues by prospecting for new accounts and growing Cherokee’s share of existing accounts.

In addition, you will be responsible for participating in the day-to-day operations of processes related to Cherokee’s legal and medical funding services to constantly improve our services for our clients.

Case Manager

The Opportunity

Cherokee Funding, www.cherokeefunding.com, is one of the fastest growing legal funding company in the US. Cherokee Funding was founded in 2011 at the urging of several doctors and plaintiffs attorneys who wanted a better, completely reputable, option for their clients. The idea was simple – help plaintiffs by providing monetary advances for plaintiff’s life needs and medical procedures so they can afford to wait for a fair settlement – and do it with 100% transparency, at the lowest cost and with great customer service.

From day one, our goal has been to enable the best outcome for plaintiffs by providing them with legal funding at the lowest cost possible. Since then, we have expanded our offerings to include financing options for law firms and medical practices.

Our founders used their decades of finance experience to develop a fast and efficient funding process that is the best in the industry. Our staff is trained to gather all necessary information from attorneys and case managers and guide plaintiffs through our few simple steps to funding with grace and respect.

Cherokee Funding markets business-to-business via online, trade shows and thru in-person sales calls. Our business is driven by referrals, which are driven by reputation and relationships. Our reputation in the industry is second to none. We seek to build and grow relationships with attorneys and healthcare providers to encourage them to refer their clients to us. Attorneys appreciate our in-depth understanding of case values and plaintiffs appreciate our reasonable pricing. Healthcare providers appreciate our ability to let them treat more clients and to get paid quickly as well as our reasonable pricing.

Cherokee is an incredibly fast growing company and want to bring on new members to join our team. The Cherokee work culture is all of the following: centered on our core values, upward career opportunities, very team oriented, fun and dynamic. We mean it seriously when we say that we want all of our new team members to be additive to our culture.

The Role

The Case Manager will be responsible for coordinating the care of injured clients across a network of healthcare professionals. The Case Manager coordinates resources and creates flexible, cost- effective options for injured individuals on a case-by-case basis to facilitate quality individualized treatment goals. The Case Manger will help patients to get the care they need by working to help schedule patients’ appointments and evaluate patients’ progress. The Case Manager will have the ability to explain medical conditions and treatment plans to the patient, family members and their attorneys. In addition, you will be responsible for participating in the day-to-day operations of processes related to Cherokee’s legal and medical funding services to constantly improve our services for our clients.

The ideal candidate will have either personal injury or medical case management experience. This position will oversee and monitor personal injury client’s cases and track their medical progress. Candidates should have understanding of medical procedures and terminology – most specifically pain management and orthopedics as well as an understanding of Personal Injury.

Key areas of responsibilities will include:

Be able to manage large case loads

Dealing with client intake to settlement

Daily contact with clients over the phone, email and fax

Communicate with underwriting and sales departments

Organize and maintain documents in a paper or electronic filing systems

Handle all aspects of client relationship after they are approved by underwriting

Fast growing (50-100% per year) with opportunity to rapidly advance as the company grows

Fun entrepreneurial company without corporate bureaucracy and red tape

This is a fantastic opportunity to get in with a fast growing company. To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@cherokeefunding.com.

Underwriter

The Opportunity

Cherokee Funding, www.cherokeefunding.com, is one of the fastest growing legal funding company in the US. Cherokee Funding was founded in 2011 at the urging of several doctors and plaintiffs’ attorneys who wanted a better, completely reputable, option for their clients. The idea was simple – help plaintiffs by providing monetary advances for plaintiff’s life needs and medical procedures so they can afford to wait for a fair settlement – and do it with 100% transparency, at the lowest cost and with great customer service.

From day one, our goal has been to enable the best outcome for plaintiffs by providing them with legal funding at the lowest cost possible. Since then, we have expanded our offerings to include financing options for law firms and medical practices.

Our founders used their decades of finance experience to develop a fast and efficient funding process that is the best in the industry. Our staff is trained to gather all necessary information from attorneys and case managers and guide plaintiffs through our few simple steps to funding with grace and respect.

Cherokee Funding markets business-to-business via online, trade shows and thru in-person sales calls. Our business is driven by referrals, which are driven by reputation and relationships. Our reputation in the industry is second to none. We seek to build and grow relationships with attorneys and healthcare providers to encourage them to refer their clients to us. Attorneys appreciate our in-depth understanding of case values and plaintiffs appreciate our reasonable pricing. Healthcare providers appreciate our ability to let them treat more clients and to get paid quickly as well as our reasonable pricing.

Cherokee is an incredibly fast growing company and want to bring on new members to join our team. The Cherokee work culture is all of the following: centered on our core values, upward career opportunities, very team oriented, fun and dynamic. We mean it seriously when we say that we want all our new team members to be additive to our culture.

Job Description

The Underwriter’s day-to-day responsibilities include are centered on expanding and developing our “book” by underwriting cases, managing the underlying underwriting process, monitoring the current book of cases and participating in the collections process. The role requires frequent calls with attorneys and their staff to understand the unique attributes of cases and utilizing their underwriting acumen to form opinion of risk. The role also includes working with team members to improve processes and procedures to funding throughput.

Responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Underwrite, service, and maintain our book of business which includes plaintiff cash advance and medical fundings to plaintiffs with personal injury claims

Monitor, manage and report on

Work closely with intake, case management, risk management and finance to evaluate risk and provide solutions to customers.

Ability to work in a fast paced environment, multi-task, and make quick decisions while maintaining underwriting integrity

Leverage your underwriting expertise to review case files and provide a risk assessment, taking into account the anticipated case value, risk involved, and length of time to resolution, prior liens and any other relevant factors.

Maintains and monitors files being underwritten to ensure fundings are being handled efficiently and in a timely manner.

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*Same Day Funding applies to cash advances up to $2,500 against motor vehicle accident cases for applicants that submit a complete application. Cherokee must have your completed application by 2:00 PM EST and both yours and your attorney’s signed contract back by 4:00 PM EST. Cash advances for all other case types are funded within 24 hours of receipt of the completed application, if not the same day.